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Gadgets Get over 15 hours of Amazon Web Services training for just $13 Boing Boing's Shop

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Business Chinese President Xi Jinping reappears for a coronavirus photo opp Xeni Jardin

sports Boos vs. 'USA!' as Trump and Melania take field for National Anthem at college football championship Xeni Jardin

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Kids Educational spyware company to school boards: hire us to spy on your kids and we'll help you sabotage teachers' strikes Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism Wework, Uber, Lyft, Netflix, Bird, Amazon: late-stage capitalism is all about money-losing predatory pricing aimed at creating monopolies Cory Doctorow

california LA is going to get cheap nighttime power from a massive solar and battery array in the Mojave Cory Doctorow

Business Huawei plans hundreds of layoffs at U.S.-based research subsidiary Futurewei Xeni Jardin

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